---
title: 'La Balance (1982)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Bob Swaim'
released: '1982-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 102
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/la-balance-1982'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083611/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# La Balance (1982)

1982 · 102 min · Drama, Crime · France


## Synopsis

La Balance is a 1982 French film directed by Bob Swaim. It stars Nathalie Baye, Philippe Léotard, Tchéky Karyo, Maurice Ronet, and Jean-Paul Comart. It won the César Award for Best Film, Best Actor, and Best Actress, and was nominated for Most Promising Actor (twice), Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Editing. The film had a total of 4,192,189 admissions in France, becoming the fifth highest-grossing film of the year.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Bob Swaim](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-swaim)
- **Screenplay:** [Bob Swaim](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-swaim)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Roland Bocquet](https://cinepixo.com/people/roland-bocquet)
- **Producer:** [Alexandre Mnouchkine](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexandre-mnouchkine)
- **Director of Photography:** [Bernard Zitzermann](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-zitzermann)
- **Editor:** [Françoise Javet](https://cinepixo.com/people/francoise-javet)

## Cast

- [Luc-Antoine Diquéro](https://cinepixo.com/people/luc-antoine-diquero)
- [Claude Villers](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-villers)
- [Sam Karmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-karmann)
- [Pierre-Marie Escourrou](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-marie-escourrou)
- [Tchéky Karyo](https://cinepixo.com/people/tcheky-karyo)
- [Philippe Léotard](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-leotard)
- [France Anglade](https://cinepixo.com/people/france-anglade)
- [Maurice Ronet](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-ronet)
- [Florent Pagny](https://cinepixo.com/people/florent-pagny)
- [Bernard Freyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-freyd)
- [Jean-Paul Comart](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-paul-comart)
- [Nathalie Baye](https://cinepixo.com/people/nathalie-baye)
- [Richard Benguigui](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-benguigui)
- [François Berléand](https://cinepixo.com/people/francois-berleand)
- [Christophe Malavoy](https://cinepixo.com/people/christophe-malavoy)

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